myEtymology.com: English etymology of androspore

Etymology of the English word androspore

the English word androspore

derived from the English word spore

derived from the New Latin word spora

derived from the Greek word spora, σπορά (a sowing; parentage)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sper-

derived from the Greek word speirein, σπείρω (to scatter; sow )

using the English prefix andro-

derived from the Greek prefix andro-

derived from the Greek word aner, ἀνήρ (a man (properly as an individual male))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ner-